Question

In a model of this activity, moral engagement precedes solidification of categorical thinking; that model is Fathali Moghaddam’s staircase model of this activity. Kydd and Walter outlined five strategies for this activity, including spoiling, provocation, and outbidding. The START consortium at the University of Maryland maintains a global database of this activity. The “strategic logic” of a particular type of this activity is tied to territory in Robert Pape’s Dying to Win. Monkeywrenching (-5[1])and tree-spiking are examples of the “eco” (10[1])form of this activity. (10[4])The US State Department lists Cuba (10[1])and North Korea (10[1])as (10[1])“state sponsors” of this activity, and lists groups like Boko Haram and Hamas as perpetrators of it. For 10 points, name this tactic of using violence to instill fear for a political (10[1])goal. ■END■

ANSWER: terrorism [accept ecoterrorism; accept the Global Terrorism Database; accept “The Strategies of Terrorism”; accept the staircase to terrorism; prompt on violence]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam MacchiVassarYale C72-5
Carter McLeanPrinceton ABard A7910
Mark TawfikRutgers BColumbia A8310
Nathan ZhangCornell CPrinceton B8310
Owen MimnoNYU AColumbia C8310
Aiden DartleyRutgers ANYU B8310
Arjun BothraHaverfordPenn A8910
Karsten RynearsonYale APenn B9210
Andrew MinagarYale BRowan A9310
Iyanu NafiuYale CVassar12510

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